*Jessie is currently in the studio working on her fourth album
scheduled to be released summer 2012.*
Visit jessieveedermusic.com for updates!
photo by Frode Tilden
At 28 years old, Jessie Veeder has established herself as an accomplished and professional musician with years of experience performing, songwriting and recording. Possessing a charming, free spirited personality, Veeder is a natural performer and her talent has taken her from playing at fairs, music festivals and concerts in the Midwest, to managing a national college and coffeehouse touring circuit and recording three original albums.
At the age of twelve Jessie began penning original compositions with a sound that has been described as progressive, alternative and folk. Jessie released her first album, “This Road”, at only 16 years old. With unique and interestingly beautiful vocals, Jessie’s lyrics swell with references to her own life experiences. “The isolation of growing up on a working ranch in Western North Dakota allowed me the freedom and space to develop creatively,” Jessie says of her songwriting.
A graduate of the University of North Dakota, Jessie’s high profile within the state of North Dakota grabbed the attention of a booking agency in Nashville and she finished her college career in between college venue bookings across the country. After a year of touring, Jessie began work on her second album and was signed to Barking Dog Records, a label founded to identify outstanding artists from the Upper Midwest. Her album, “A Place To Belong,” was released in the spring of 2005 and has received rave reviews. The High Plains Reader calls Jessie “A siren of the first order, a gorgeous voice that pulls you under and refuses to let you go.”
After logging two years on the road promoting “A Place to Belong,” Jessie returned to her hometown to record a live album with her father’s band “Lonesome Willy.” The goal of this project was to capture Jessie in her element, talking about her writing, telling her stories and playing the music raw and live with the people she grew up making music with. With a blend of storytelling and crowd interaction “Jessie Veeder Live” reveals her performances as honest, relate-able, personal experiences. Listeners know exactly who she is–and love her for it.
Upcoming Shows/Events
May 5, 2012
Private Party
May 20, 2012
Sunday Music at the Confluence
Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center
Williston, ND
June 17, 2012
Hettinger, ND
June 22, 2012
Homefest
Watford City, ND
August 10, 2012
Ribfest
Watford City, ND
For booking and other information email: jessieveeder@gmail.com
Jessie Veeder with musicians Gene Veeder (Left) and Mike Endrud (Right)
Listen to Full Tracks of Jessie Veeder’s Music
- Sundown (November Song)-”A Place to Belong”-2005
- Winter Nights-”A Place to Belong”-2005
- Movies-”A Place to Belong”-2005
- Hair-”Jessie Veeder Live at Outlaws”-2007
- White Hat-”Jessie Veeder Live at Outlaws”-2007
- Red River Valley Medley-”Jessie Veeder Live at Outlaws”-2007
- Hush-”This Road”-2001
“Jessie Veeder Live” (2007)“A Place to Belong” (2005) and “This Road” (2001) available on
or send check to
Jessie Veeder
1962 104th Ave NW
Watford City, ND 58854
(CDs $10 each)
www.sonicbids.com/jessieveeder
Jessie has shared the stage with, Bobby Vee, Dan Seals, Keri Noble, The Wilkensons, Chuck Suchy among others
photo by Frode Tilden
hello are you relative of doug okland?? im 2 love that family marsha is my niece lois
Hi Lois,
I am a relative of Doug. I spent much time with Doug and Marsha when we lived in Missoula. Best people you can find! Thanks for reading.
Some of my favorites you might also like (and I like your sound) are Ingrid Michaelson, Diamond Jim Greene, Bill Miller and Robbie Robertson. You sing well, write your own lyrics and I’d like to think I was a small musical influence on your father, even though I was in Watford only 2 years. I took the classical performance route, but, spend lots of time in folk venues in Chicago.
I like your voice, I’m gonna stop by regularly. I wondered does that kind of places still exists… Greetengs form Croatia, Zagreb
Hi Jessie,
Wish I can come to your concerts. You’re so beautiful, too!!
Hope you’re well. Best, Thy
Ah, thanks Thy! Hope all is well.
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I will be back in Grassy Butte for a family reunion around the Fourth of July. Will you be doing any preformances around then? Your photos make me so homesick for that area.
Hi Mynde, so sorry to make you homesick, but it sure is a beautiful place to call home isn’t it? I am not sure about music during that time, maybe I’ll have to get something together! Thanks for reading.
It’s no wonder you do so well with the poetry if you can sing and write songs too!
Looks like the best time to see you this summer will be when u are in Minn. for me(august). I’m leaving the middle of June -the end to go out East to see my sister, in Asheville ,NC(big blue grass fan) and go see my brother who has been at a rehab place but now in the hosp due to low blood pressure infection. My brother had Hodgkin s Lymphoma and encephalitis(which made him paralyzed) temporary..it is an uphill battle it seems so we never know the hands we are dealt until it happens. Wishing you a blessed week..Amen to the sunshine. Nicole
Nicole, I’m sorry to hear about your brother, I hope he pulls through this challenge ok. And it would be wonderful to see you in Minn. if you can make it!
Hi, Jesse -
I think it’s been near 10 years since I tracked you down at UND for a little interview, photo and recital session for an article for the REC magazine. Side by side stories with you and Peggy Lee!
I enjoy your commentary on Prairie Public and your website/blog is a joy to follow. It’s great you’re blossoming so wonderfully as artist, musician, philosopher and cowpoke.
C ya round!
Kent Brick
North Dakota LIVING Magazine
WOW! You have a wonderful voice, I am listening to you now… Thank you jessie Veeder, you are great! Good Luck! I am impressed so much… Blessing and Happiness, with my love, nia
Thanks for listening nia! I hope to see you around these parts!
Excel
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I have a great coincidence to tell you about.
My name is Carter McNamara. My great-grand parents are Benjamin and Antoinette Veeder. My grandmother is Elle Veeder — Edgar’s sister.
Anyway, last week, a friend of mine (who lives in Minneapolis near me, and is not from North Dakota) mentioned a song, “This Road,” that he bought at the Museum in Watford.City when coming back from Canada. He said it’s sung by a woman who’s last name is Veeder. I looked at the CD and it’s yours! What a coincidence
He played the song for me. It’s beautiful!
(Your slide guitarist is a great friend of mine, Jimmie Christensen.)
Thank you!
Oh my gosh Carter, so great to hear from you and to hear the connections! There is a great photo of Benjamin and Antoinette Veeder on their homestead in the Pioneer Museum. I love that photo and to think of how they lived and built their life out here. So glad you ran into someone who liked the CD! Maybe some day you can take a trip out to the ranch for a visit. Thanks again, so much for your note Carter!
And the coincidences just keep coming … here’s another.
A few months ago, I was driving across North Dakota, and happened to be listening to a hilarious story on public radio, about a woman who was celebrating a wonderful rainfall by sliding down a wet, clay butte on her land — and getting her butt bruised along the way.
At the end of the story, the radio moderator said, “That was Jessie Veeder.”
Benjamin and Antoinette, Edgar, Pete and Gene must be so proud of you! I hope you are, too.
Hey Jessie! im ur #1 fanin the whole world!!!!!! we should make the “SET4Life” classes longer. also i just realised that u r like a celebrity! So tecnically, i’ve met a celebrity!!!!! u r the best!
Leeroy
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